It’s time for the death penalty to be retired once and for all.

I suppose it should be no surprise, but the federal tax reform package -- officially dubbed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act -- continues to generate the most insane, outlandish reactions possible.

I have laid out four basic principles to guide the Legislature’s decision on how to pay for Medicaid expansion.

Photos courtesy of Terry Young A SPOOKY CHRISTMAS PERFORMANCE — The Piscataquis Community High School Club Drama Club performed “The Haunted House” — inspired by Charles Dickens adapted by Sam Craig — on Saturday, Dec.

The Foxcroft Academy wrestling team traveled on Dec. 16 to compete at the Franklin Savings Bank Invitational at Mountain Valley High School.

The Foxcroft Academy indoor track and field team kicked off the 2017-18 season on Dec. 16 with an opening Penobscot Valley Conference/Eastern Maine Indoor Track League meet at the University of Maine. The Ponies did not score any points at the eight-school competition but three team members placed in the top 20.

This week I was smack dab in the middle of a situation where a business’s customer relations went from good, to worst, to best. There is customer service wisdom here for all business owners.

The Foxcroft Academy swim team took on Class A Bangor High School in a dual meet on Dec. 15. The host Rams won the girls meet by a score of 128-39 and the Bangor boys earned a 134-25 victory.

The man who fatally shot his ex-girlfriend then led police on the longest manhunt in state history was sentenced Friday, Dec. 15 to 55 years in prison. Robert Burton, 40, of Abbot, was convicted on Oct. 5 of murdering Stephanie Ginn Gebo, 37, of Parkman.

As a baby boomer, I remember parents saying that proper social discourse should not include topics of sex, religion or politics. So much for that in today's news coverage invading our homes daily.